Fellow Listers ... The end of a fantastic season is on me .. snow has fallen and the first grit has been put on the roads marking the end of my Healey driving for the year ... Every year I hope to ma
I would be interested in this topic also Fellow Listers ... The end of a fantastic season is on me .. snow has fallen and the first grit has been put on the roads marking the end of my Healey driving
For sustained high speed I'd put minilites and the 185/70-15 Pirelli tires that Longstone tyres in the UK sells exclusively. Nice fat meaty tread and no need for inner tubes. I'd also look at the ca
Author: "Johnsen, Bernard F (AS)" <bernard.johnsen@ngc.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:03:33 -0600
can any of you share thoughts on this .. or contacts .. books? <snip> Hi Jim - Colin Campbell wrote a series of books, published by Bentley, discussing sports car design and tuning, including one bo
Thanks. I have been considering minilites and different tires but being in the state Longstone is a stretch with the shipping. I am currently running a General tire, 165R15 86T, and run 30 lbs all a
I've got 185/70H-15 Vredestein Sprint Classics on 6-inch sealed Dayton wires. The biggest effect on handling I got was from getting as much positive camber out as possible with offset bushings (my BJ
Bob, Thanks. Do you have words of wisdom/starting places for me to get out positive camber? Any different alignment than standard? My sway bar has been switched out to be a large one. I've got 185/70
I've got those tires on my 64 with minilites. They came from the California dealer for those Pirellis; Lucas Tire http://www.lucasclassictires.com/ They look good and seem to preform well on my mount
Jim. You do not want positive camber. You want negative camber, the Healey originally has to much positive camber. This will give you some tire wear but the handling is much better We have off set bu
I don't know how they do it, but Longstone manages to ship their tires for very low cost all things considered. I think their website will give an estimate for you, which is accurate. The Pirellis t
Thanks Alan, I'll look into it. I have gotten a lot to chew on and am formulating my list for the winter. Had a very nice talk (as usual) with David Nock. So I am least headed down a path. My first s
Hi James, Here's an article I wrote years ago about camber and suspension on Healeys. http://www.myaustinhealey.com/austin_healey_technical_articles.html Chris Sent from my iPhone ___________________
If you go to this website there are pictures of how I checked and set my camber using a level. http://picasaweb.google.com/bj7healey Bob 1963 BJ7 _______________________________________________ Suppo